As expected, as Zhang Jing expected, seeing Cai Zhixiao's head was cut off with a knife and the body was stored on the spot. The remaining many rebels, mainly subordinates of the Cai family, were immediately distracted and had no courage to confront the official army head-on. With a shout, they quickly dispersed and fled to the city.

Some soldiers were so angry that they wanted to avenge the robes of the city gate that died under the rebels. They shouted and wanted to chase them, but Zhang Jing quickly called out: "Come back to me and defend the south gate! This is our goal here, let's talk about everything else. When Fancheng is taken back, their lives are not all in our hands!"

This made the imperial guards stop for the time being, turn around decisively, and set up layers of defense lines at the south gate according to the established policy to prevent the enemy from coming again.

So not only the wide open outer door and the gate of Wengcheng were quickly closed, but even the main road leading directly to the city was quickly occupied by defensive equipment such as the deer antlers. Hundreds of crossbowmen also steadily occupied the heights of the city. As long as an enemy attacked, they would shoot arrows and injure the enemy as soon as possible.

It was not until these defensive measures were implemented that Zhang Jing gave another order: "Download the cigarette and let Xiangyang know that this gate has been obtained for us!"

Taking down Fancheng Sect means that the government has the possibility of recapturing the city, but it also means that their troops will face a series of challenges, so they must contact Xiangyang as soon as possible and let them send troops to help as soon as possible to expand the results of the battle.

When the rolling black smoke soared into the sky, even the officials and people in Xiangyang City heading west across the river knew about it, the many rebellions inside Fancheng also knew the fact that the South Gate was lost through various methods, which made them feel shocked and angry.

"How did they send troops so quickly? Didn't you say that everything is under control. No matter how fast the official army is, it will have to wait until this evening to kill?" Cai Dechang, the leader of the Cai clan, looked at the Luotian Sect in front of him with a frightened face, and was very interested in provoking a riot.

As Xiangfan forces that cooperate with Luo Tian Sect, they may appear low-key and polite in front of Zhao Chenghuang and others, but they have the intention of being condescending to ordinary rudders.

At this time, the one who was questioned by him was Luo Tian Sect Xiangfan Chuanxiang Zhou Chengmo, so he naturally seemed to be inactive. After looking at him for a while, he lowered his eyelids and said, "It must be something happened in Xiangyang. But Chief Cai, just don't worry. Even if you are a little surprised, there will always be a solution."

"Solved? My son died at the South Gate, how can I solve it? Also, the city gate over there was taken by the government army. Are you sure to take it back? The city gate that I, Cai, paid a considerable price, was actually thrown out by your fault. You have to give us an explanation..." Cai Dechang was aggressive and almost pointed at the other party's nose and scolded, which made Zhou Chengmo unable to resist and had to get up to apologize for the moment.

And at this moment, a cold snorted sounded from the outside: "What explanation? Since you and I join forces to take Xiangfan, there will naturally be twists and turns in the middle. In the end, someone will sacrifice it. My brothers from the Holy Sect will die, but will you not die in your Cai clan?"

The voice was sinister, and he was outside the hall when he got up. At the last sentence, he had already arrived in front of Cai Dechang. He was a man who seemed ordinary but exuded a chill all over his body. His eyes were staring at Cai Dechang, making him feel as if he was being targeted by the evil wolf and tiger. Not only did his anger dissipate instantly, but his heart was even colder.

After a while, he suddenly came to his senses: "You... are you the Holy Shadow Guardian?" Only this person can put such strong pressure on people.

The Shadow Protector nodded, then sat down at the top, squinted his eyes and said, "I want to ask you one more thing, even though the southern gate has been taken away by your Cai family, why was it snatched by the official army from Xiangyang? Even your son died there? Is this because he is incompetent, or is there something wrong with your Cai family?"

This question made Cai Dechang feel as if he was on his back, and his backbone was chilling. He always felt that his words were wrong and this guy would kill him. This made him not even bother to worry about the other party's rude words, and hurriedly argued: "My son knows that filial piety has always been steady, so naturally it is impossible for the government to take advantage of any opportunity. It was just because we were still waiting for the troops of Yi's camp to come, so we took advantage of them."

"Yiziying..." The Protector Ying frowned again, "When will they arrive before?"

“Around noon…”

"Then why are you late and give Xiangyang's official troops a chance to take advantage of it?"

Cai Dechang couldn't tell why, but in fact he was also confused. Why did Chen Da, whom he trusted so much, be late and be driven first by the government army.

Yes, where did the Yizi Camp with ten thousand people go? What delayed it?

...

Twenty miles south of Fancheng, this official road leads directly to the base of Zhongyi Camp in the third camp of Xiangfan. According to the distance between the two places, Chen Da should have led his troops to Fancheng long ago.

But at this moment, he was tripped by the crowd, and even one or two hours passed, and they didn't even know how many opponents they had.

I only know that there are many traps along the way, either there are tripping ropes on the ground or a big pit that can trap people in one step. From time to time, arrows are rushing coldly in the woods on both sides.

Even though these soldiers and generals are well-trained on weekdays, they gradually stopped moving forward when facing such endless tricks. Especially when more than a dozen cavalrymen tried to rush forward under the urging of the general, they were shot and knocked down by a burst of arrows, the others dared not act rashly.

Anyway, the general only took them to Fancheng to guard this time, and there was no foreign invasion. It was not a mistake to delay some time and search forward slowly and make sure it was a complete plan.

The attitude of his subordinates made Chen Da angry, but he couldn't have angered. Because he still needed these subordinates to work hard for him and the Cai clan. More importantly, most of them didn't even know that they actually took them to Fancheng to participate in the rebellion.

Yes, until now, when troops were sent to Fancheng, more than 90% of the soldiers and generals in Yi's camp still didn't know what they were doing, and they were completely concealed by generals such as Chen Da. Because anyone knows that if tens of thousands of soldiers in such a large military camp had expressed their true intentions early in the morning, not to mention whether these Dayue soldiers would agree to rebel, even if they were determined to follow General Chen, and with a lot of people, such news would definitely not be able to be kept, and they would have been spread to Xiangfan City long ago.

Therefore, the real intention was only passed on between Chen Da and his confidant generals. Everyone made up their minds until today when they entered the city and brought the entire battalion into a desperate situation, they would not tell them all the truth. By then, these subordinates would have to rebel even if they didn't want to.

But who would have thought that he was attacked and plotted to be sneaked out shortly after he left the camp, and he could not even rush to Fancheng as soon as possible.

"General, why not let someone rush for a while? I don't believe it anymore. How many soldiers can they have to stop us?" A subordinate said angrily, "The last general is willing to lead people to the battle himself!"

Chen Da pondered for a moment, but still chose to accept it: "That's up to you. I don't ask you to defeat them all. As long as you make a way for my army, it will be a great achievement!"

"I will obey the order!" The man immediately agreed, and then got on his horse and urged the more than 300 people under his command to gather again, and then rushed towards the road ahead.

Immediately, just like before, a burst of arrows shot out from the left and right forests. Although the soldiers tried their best to dodge, many people were still caught. While dodging the arrows, they didn't care whether there were any traps on the road ahead. They actually made several horses step into the trapped horse pit. They neighed and broke their legs. They fell down with a bang. Then they took down the horses following behind, causing many people to fall into a ball.

But this time, the military officer did not care about this damage and was unmoved at all. He continued to urge the horse to rush forward and shouted, "Continue to move forward and shoot me back!" As he said that, he set an example, turned his body and shot several arrows into the forest.

Although he failed to hurt any enemy, the rain of arrows in the forest was stagnant. Obviously, the enemy in the forest also paused the arrows to avoid arrows.

Seeing that this trick was useful, the soldiers also acted the same. For a moment, more denser arrows shot into the forest like raindrops. This led to a series of painful screams in the forest, but they were finally suppressed.

"Don't worry about them, rush over to me!" Seeing this, Chen Da was also excited, drew his sword and pointed forward, and led the team himself and rushed forward.

Seeing that he, the chief general, rushed out, the other soldiers did not dare to delay. Although they were still cheering in their hearts, they still shouted, followed behind, and rushed forward with their steps.

When the thousands of troops really attacked desperately, the momentum was too great, and it was not something that the trap ahead could block. Although many people were still dismissed and fell in screams, more people quickly passed through this area and then accelerated forward, but did not take the opportunity to fight back into the forest.

At this time, dozens of Baiyitang men in the martial arts world were retreating in a mess. They were ordered by Li Ling to set up an ambush here to trip up the Yi camp army. Although the troops on both sides were very different, relying on their means as Jianghu people and the timidity of the official army, they had really delayed them for so long.

"I don't know if the plan is successful there, it would be great if I drag them down for a while." Xue Jiong couldn't help but sigh. Since he knew Li Ling's identity and saw with his own eyes how much Lord Li did for the people of Huguang, he and the brothers of Baiyitang were extremely respectful to Li Ling, so he was willing to work hard for him.

Just as everyone sighed that they had not been able to drag for a while, someone suddenly pointed at Fancheng and shouted: "Look there... it's the agreed cigarette number! They have already taken the city gate!"
Chapter completed!